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Middle name for Hero

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BoldandBright · 15/02/2023 12:40

Expecting a baby girl and we’ve decided on first name Hero. Our other children have unusual but not unheard of names with more traditional middle names but struggling to find a name that flows nicely with Hero. Our first mn pick was Emilia but gone off it a little now, any suggestions?
Our last name is rare but not ‘weird’ or able to be turned into a joke, and begins with an S.
thanks 😊

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Velvetbee · 15/02/2023 13:36

Love it, really beautiful.
Longer middle names seem best,
Claudia, Vivienne, Cecily, Violette..

Iwanderedlonelyasagoat · 15/02/2023 13:35

No middle name suggestions but also just to say that I love it, and it just makes think Shakespeare. Also love Viola, Portia, Hermia. It's definitely a girl's name! Round where I live noone would bat an eyelid, and a lot of people would get the reference.

countrypunk · 15/02/2023 13:30

People coming on here to call the name Hero vile/disgusting when the OP has asked an entirely separate question: you're dicks.

Exasperatednow · 15/02/2023 13:29

BurntOutGirl · 15/02/2023 13:06

Before l read the full post, l thought it was a boy's name... and a pretentious one.

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Or you just don't know any Shakespeare.

Why are dome people on mumsnet so judgemental?

TeenDivided · 15/02/2023 13:28

Hero is one of the main females in Much Ado About Nothing (not the Emma Thompson character, the other one, quiet and unassuming, pretends to be dead).

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 15/02/2023 13:28

Hero Beatrice actually sounds quite nice, but I don't think you could get away with that!

Galadriel90 · 15/02/2023 13:27

I love it. I love the play Much Ado about Nothing though!

What about Amelia for a middle name?

Prettypaisleyslippers · 15/02/2023 13:27

Cadbury’s?

sorry to joke but your child is going to have a lifetime of this unless she has a decent back story. Is a she a hero? Is there a back story? If not then save her from this now, call her Grace

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 15/02/2023 13:27

Hero Veronica?

I think it sounds better with something longer with a few consonants.

SaturdayGiraffe · 15/02/2023 13:26

Hero Tabitha
Hero Adeline
Hero Evette
Hero Vivienne
Hero Penelope

At least she’ll have her own emoji!

Seaweasel · 15/02/2023 13:24

I like Hero Helena with the emphasis on the second syllable of Helena (hel AYE na). Or Hero Theresa. That's nice too and no-ones called Theresa any more.

ÉireannachÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ · 15/02/2023 13:24

Ine

PeekAtYou · 15/02/2023 13:24

I'm surprised at the Hero hate when unusual names usually get the thumbs up on here.

Just had a Google and Myleene Klass' dd is Hero Harper.

I think that a name with more than 2 syllables sounds best eg Madeline, Saskia

BentleyRhythmAce · 15/02/2023 13:23

I love Hero! Strong and gorgeous. Hero Kate?

RedDoughnut · 15/02/2023 13:23

Igoagain?

It's a bit of a pretentious name OP

Emmamoo89 · 15/02/2023 13:21

What an awful name

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 15/02/2023 13:20

Hero Miranda
Hero Helena
Hero Beatrice
Hero Cordelia
Hero Diana
Hero Perdita
Hero Rosalind

I like the Shakespeare theme. Hero is a lovely name and definitely a feminine one.

Englishash · 15/02/2023 13:17

I'm not criticising but isn't Hero masculine? Wouldn't the feminine form be Hera?

Choconut · 15/02/2023 13:17

Hero Sophia? It's the only name I can think of that runs nicely.
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mamaes · 15/02/2023 13:17

Absolutely adore the name Hero

Hero Paige would be my pick

C8H10N4O2 · 15/02/2023 13:16

Oh and at least one of Georgette Heyer's heroines was called Hero.

FlamingoQueen · 15/02/2023 13:16

Myleene Klass has a ‘Hero Harper’ if that’s any help (assume a girl!).

MaverickGooseGoose · 15/02/2023 13:16

Do like Hero.

What about something earthy

Hero Sage

Hero Willow

Hero Rose

Hero Lilly

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BoldandBright · 15/02/2023 13:16

nurserypolitics · 15/02/2023 13:13

Hero is a girl's name. Its an unusual one, but I've met an (adult) female Hero, and basically if you're a bit posh/London I doubt it would be seen as all that out there.

I do think having a more traditional middle name might be a good balance, and I actually think Emilia is lovely - a bit better than Elizabeth/Grace/more 'middle name' names. Equally, is there someone you could name her after? I really like middle names that have a family connection. Or even a character/writer/person you admire?

That said, Hero Rosalie sounds nice to me as it echoes the 'o' sound without being rhyming.

Or Hero Imogen.

Love Rosalie! Adding to a list to show OH. I know the name is quinny marmite so glad some people who like it have arrived 😂

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C8H10N4O2 · 15/02/2023 13:16

aSofaNearYou · 15/02/2023 13:04

Surprised people are saying this is bad for a girl - this is the main context I've ever heard it used.

I'd much rather use it for a girl than a boy, comes across a bit big headed for a boy I'd say (since they actually get called heroes).

Agreed. Not sure I'd use it but it is definitely a feminine name - Hero and Leander spring to mind. The male version is Heron.